http://gallery.ethosmarketing.co.uk/albums/Roger-de-la-Harpe-images/Children_playing_in_water.sized.jpgOne third of Tanzania receives less than 800 mm of rainfall and is thus arid or semi-arid. Only one-third of the rest of the country has precipitation of above 1,000 mm. The long dry season normally extend from June to October, has an effect on low river flows and drying of water reservoirs.
About 7 per cent of Tanzania’s land surface is covered by lakes which include Lake Victoria (second largest fresh water lake in the world), Lake Tanganyika (second deepest lake in the world), and Lake Nyasa. Inland lakes include lakes Rukwa, Eyasi and Manyara. There are also big rivers flowing into these lakes.
About 50% of the surface run off water is derived from the main rivers flowing directly into the Indian ocean and these are: Pangani, Wami, Ruvu,Rufiji,Ruaha, Kilombero, Lukuledi and Ruvuma.
Ground water and Underground water are also important sources of water for both rural and urban settlement areas.
The largest use of water is domestic water supply. Due to increased economic activities and delivery of social activities of which all utilise water in one way or another, delivery/supply of water has become a burden which the government cannot meet alone without the participation of the private sector .
Despite the greater resource potential, many of the sources remain undeveloped and a good proportion of the population uses water from undeveloped and crudely developed sources: lakes, rivers, ponds, shallow and open wells.
By the year 1999 only 45 percent of the rural population and 68 percent of the urban population had access to clean and safe water supply.
While these figures are only national averages, the situation varies a great deal among different geographical locations.
Thanks to the country’s development policy which for a long time has put major emphasis on development of social service sectors, water included; thanks also to the water policy that has been encouraging other stakeholders (other than the government) to engage in water sector development activities.
Today Tanzania has a long list of institutions both public and private working in the development and delivery of water and sanitation services.
There are factors which denote the existing greater potential and opportunities for investment in the water sector now and for several years to come and they include the following: That there is greater unexploited water resource potential; there is greater demand for water sector services that is still unmet and that demand is still growing as both the population as well as the quest for social economic development in Tanzania are also growing.
http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2005/09/27/50502.html
About 7 per cent of Tanzania’s land surface is covered by lakes which include Lake Victoria (second largest fresh water lake in the world), Lake Tanganyika (second deepest lake in the world), and Lake Nyasa. Inland lakes include lakes Rukwa, Eyasi and Manyara. There are also big rivers flowing into these lakes.
About 50% of the surface run off water is derived from the main rivers flowing directly into the Indian ocean and these are: Pangani, Wami, Ruvu,Rufiji,Ruaha, Kilombero, Lukuledi and Ruvuma.
Ground water and Underground water are also important sources of water for both rural and urban settlement areas.
The largest use of water is domestic water supply. Due to increased economic activities and delivery of social activities of which all utilise water in one way or another, delivery/supply of water has become a burden which the government cannot meet alone without the participation of the private sector .
Despite the greater resource potential, many of the sources remain undeveloped and a good proportion of the population uses water from undeveloped and crudely developed sources: lakes, rivers, ponds, shallow and open wells.
By the year 1999 only 45 percent of the rural population and 68 percent of the urban population had access to clean and safe water supply.
While these figures are only national averages, the situation varies a great deal among different geographical locations.
Thanks to the country’s development policy which for a long time has put major emphasis on development of social service sectors, water included; thanks also to the water policy that has been encouraging other stakeholders (other than the government) to engage in water sector development activities.
Today Tanzania has a long list of institutions both public and private working in the development and delivery of water and sanitation services.
There are factors which denote the existing greater potential and opportunities for investment in the water sector now and for several years to come and they include the following: That there is greater unexploited water resource potential; there is greater demand for water sector services that is still unmet and that demand is still growing as both the population as well as the quest for social economic development in Tanzania are also growing.
http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2005/09/27/50502.html
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